The practices of program budgeting, costing, and strategic planning in higher education are examined. It is suggested that many postsecondary administrators and other groups have viewed a particular technique as the answer to their problems and converted a valid management technique into a management fad. Program budgeting, a system whereby the…

An investigation of the feasibility of a project designed to improve the effectiveness of social welfare administration is described. The study sought to determine what action might be taken for the development and implementation of curricula in social service management at interested graduate schools of social work. Literature in the field was…

An exercise is presented that is designed as a training aid for junior administrative and/or academic staff in their first 6 years of service in universities. It is intended to help participants think about management principles in general while trying out their own ideas for solving the specific problems outlined. It will also permit individuals…

Upper-level universities (offering only junior, senior, and graduate programs) have been developed in the last ten years and are relatively small in size. The faculty and administration have been drawn from traditional university experiences. This paper examines two characteristics commonly held by all universities: the practice of university…

Administration can be defined as getting the work of an enterprise done; good administration constitutes a disciplined effort to keep the enterprise operating effectively, at top form. Four concepts characterize the structure of American higher education: diversity, equalitarianism, local control, and mixed state and private enterprise; some of…

A modified progression curve method is suggested as useful to college and university administrators in determining starting salaries for faculty. (Editor/JT)

Policy variables that can help maintain tenure ratios at reasonable levels are listed: increase faculty selectivity; award instant tenure sparingly; minimize credit for service elsewhere; lengthen probationary period; keep some on contract basis; appoint some outside tenure track; evaluate the tenured; separate decisions on promotion and tenure;…

Describes management experiences at University of California--Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Minnesota Biomedical Library, and California Institute of Technology. Discussions include development of ORION (UCLA's online technical processing and information system); organizational changes occurring as result of large-scale automation;…

At Case Western Reserve University an interdisciplinary management team has been formed of educators and management specialists to effectively organize, plan and control the medical school. (Editor/PG)

The authors define "cloning" as an integral feature of all educational systems, citing teaching practices which reward students for closely reproducing the teacher's thoughts and/or behaviors and administrative systems which tend to promote like-minded subordinates. They insist, however, that "academic cloning" is not a totally…

The emergence of the information age is necessitating the idea that political systems, which govern collegiate organizations with bureaucracy, be replaced with management systems that employ "third wave" principles to produce a zenith of pedagogical productivity. (Author)

Describes tactics and approaches used by an English department chair in dealing with faculty, administration, and internal faculty strife. (SR)

Twenty-six laws or guidelines, distilled from the present author's experience in university administration, are presented as guides for personnel selection and management. The guidelines discussed relate to instructional effectiveness and administrative efficiency. (SLD)

During the 1980s, the established, time-honored theoretic concepts of the past four decades (emphasizing mathematical proof and laboratory science thinking) yielded to newer, richer ways of understanding organizations. Three new streams of thought (effective schools research, the reform movement, and human resources theory) have given…

Discussion of Total Quality Management (TQM) highlights its history in business and industry, explains its use in higher education settings, and describes recent quality efforts in library services. Topics addressed include a history of quality; barriers to quality control; examples at Pennsylvania State University; and learning opportunities for…